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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST LUKE</span>
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CHAPTER 16
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Jesus gives the parable of the unjust steward—He teaches of service and condemns divorce—He gives the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
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And</span> he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Waste.">wasted</a> his goods.
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And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee?  give an <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Accountability.">account</a> of thy <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Stewardship.">stewardship</a>; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do?  for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of his lord’s debtors <i>unto him,</i> and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil.  And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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Then said he to another, And how much owest thou?  And he said, An hundred measures of wheat.  And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Children of Light.">children</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Light.">light</a>.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 82: 22.">mammon</a> of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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He that is <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 25: 21; D&C 51: 19; D&C 132: 44, 53.">faithful</a> in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Trustworthiness.">trust</a> the true <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Treasure."><i>riches</i></a>?
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And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
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&#182; No servant can serve two <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 5: 39 (38-39).">masters</a>: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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And the Pharisees also, who were <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 11: 24 (20, 24).">covetous</a>, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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And he said unto them, Ye are they which <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 10: 29.">justify</a> yourselves before men; but God <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Intelligence of; TG God, Omniscience of.">knoweth</a> your <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/16/15c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 21: 2.">hearts</a>: for that which is highly esteemed among <sup>d</sup><a href="luke/16/15d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 28 (28-30).">men</a> is <sup>e</sup><a href="luke/16/15e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Man, Natural, Not Spiritually Reborn.">abomination</a> in the sight of God.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/16a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Luke 16: 16-23 (Appendix).">The</a> law and the prophets <i>were</i> until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Law of Moses.">law</a> to fail.
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Whosoever <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Divorce.">putteth</a> away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from <i>her</i> husband committeth adultery.
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&#182; There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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And there was a certain <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Poor.">beggar</a> named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Angels.">angels</a> into <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 40: 11 (11-21).">Abraham</a>’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
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And in <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hell; TG Spirits in Prison.">hell</a> he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 6: 24.">receivedst</a> thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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And beside all this, between us and you there is a great <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/26a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Ne. 15: 28 (28-30); TG Separation.">gulf</a> fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that <i>would come</i> from thence.
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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Abraham saith unto him, They have <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Value.">Moses</a> and the prophets; let them hear them.
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And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 32: 18 (17-18); Ether 12: 12 (12, 18); D&C 5: 7 (5-10).">dead</a>, they will repent.
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And he said unto him, If they <sup>a</sup><a href="luke/16/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Study; TG Unbelief, Unbelievers.">hear</a> not Moses and the <sup>b</sup><a href="luke/16/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 33: 11 (10-14); Hel. 13: 26 (24-30).">prophets</a>, neither will they be <sup>c</sup><a href="luke/16/31c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 5: 8 (7-10); D&C 133: 71.">persuaded</a>, though one rose from the dead.
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